Only Jersey City emergency responders will be permitted to take municipal vehicles home starting August 1, thanks to a new policy announced by Mayor-elect Steve Fulop.

Fulop, 36, who has long railed against the number of city-owned cars that non-emergency personnel take home, said the practice is an example of “wasteful spending” that will end soon after he takes helm of city government next month.

“For too long, Jersey City had a wasteful practice of allowing city employees as well as City Council members to take home city-owned cars with no justifiable reason,” Fulop said in a statement from his office. “The days of wasteful perks are over in Jersey City.”

According to Fulop, there are 58 city employees with municipal-issued vehicles that come with no restrictions, including the fire director, police chief, all council members and a host of department directors.

Fulop has used his own vehicle during his two terms on the council.

According to the new policy, any employee who needs a city-issued car for work must sign it out at the beginning of a work day and return it by the end. Any city car that leaves Jersey City without prior approval will be considered theft of property.

Fulop also urges the city’s autonomous agencies to adopt a similar policy.

As the Downtown councilman, Fulop often criticized the city's administration for permitting dozens of employees to take city-owned cars home.

His repeated efforts to restrict the practice prompted the council, then dominated by Fulop opponents, to adopt a law that kept Fulop from continually introducing measures like his proposed restrictions on city-vehicle use. That law has since been reversed.

In 2011, after making allies on the nine-member body, Fulop successfully led an effort to place city insignias on all municipal vehicles. Outgoing Mayor Jerramiah Healy vetoed the measure.